Setting out now (5am!) on our K&L Diocese Ireland Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Lough Derg remembering the intentions of all as we journey from different ends of our diocese CatholicNewsIreland

Great to see the connections to K&L Diocese Ireland with St. Brigid and St. Columbanus, thanks to Fr. La and the team on Lough Derg for the welcome and to all who travelled with us today on our one day Pilgrimage CatholicNewsIreland

Blessings on all as they set out on our Jubilee Year of Hope 2025 Diocesan Pilgrimage to @Lough_Derg this morning. "Led by the Spirit into the wilderness" (Matthew 4:1) CatholicBishops The Irish Catholic

"𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮." Read Fr Eamonn Conway's powerful homily from Mass on Friday, the of the 3Day Pilgrimage Season. bit.ly/EChomily

Thanks to all who have shared their Lough Derg story with us, you can read them on our website: loughderg.org/pilgrimstories Share yours at loughderg.org/yourstory and perhaps it will encourage others to journey to this special place as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ during this Jubilee Year!

Several first time pilgrims to Lough Derg this season, among them a family of wild geese!

#Pentecost #comeholyspirit

Great news from Rome that Bl Carlo Acutis will be canonised alongside Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati on 7th September. We are extremely grateful to the Bishop of Assisi who granted us a 1st class relic of Bl Carlo that can be venerated by pilgrims in St Mary’s Chapel #carloacutis

#sacredheart

A familiar face to many Lough Derg pilgrims over the last number of years, Stephen Sherry was ordained as a Deacon today in Saint Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan. We look forward to him joining us later on in during the Three Day Pilgrimage season.

As we continue as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ through 2025 we remind ourselves of the prayer that Pope Francis wrote for the Jubilee Year, as Lough Derg remains a place of welcome and hope to all those who are guided to visit. #loughdergpilgrimage #jubileeyear #jubilee2025 #PilgrimsofHope

I'm off to Lough Derg tomorrow morning with Down & Connor. 47 of us pilgrims will arrive together and pray our way through the next 3 days. If you've an intention you'd like me to pray for just message me or leave a comment. Peace!

Here's my BBC Radio Ulster Thought For the Day from this morning. I reflect on being supportive and compassionate to fellow pilgrims on life's journey. Relevant today I think. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

A group of Pioneers & first time pilgrims from NavanParish just completed the 3 Day Pilgrimage this morning. Stopping off for a Football Special in Pettigo, then onwards to a certain match in Croke Park! We know who we will be supporting! The GAA Meath GAA Donegal GAA

This cross, on the back wall of Basilica, commemorates the laying of the foundation stone of what was then St. Patrick's Church, July 15th 1926... 99 years ago today!! We give thanks to God for the ingenuity, creativity and hard work of all that built our beloved Basilica.

During this Jubilee Year, join us in stepping away from the hustle and bustle of daily life to encounter God deeply in the serene setting of Lough Derg. As Pope Leo XIV #leoxiv beautifully reminds us #pilgrimage

The 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 here at Lough Derg continues until Friday August 15th (last day to begin pilgrimage is Wednesday 13th). 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠.𝐨𝐫𝐠 | 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨@𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠.𝐨𝐫𝐠 | +𝟑𝟓𝟑 (𝟎)𝟕𝟏 𝟗𝟖𝟔𝟏𝟓𝟏𝟖

On this feast of Saint Davog of Lough Derg, we share our new icon by Philip Brennan. Saint Davog of Lough Derg, pray for us.